D.B. Cooper Sleuth
A podcast about the D.B. Cooper hijacking of November 24th, 1971.
Episodes
Answering Audience Questions #1
On this segment, I answer some audience questions left in the comments of my videos. Topics include: Negotiable American Currency, Missing Persons Reports, Flo Schaffner's Unsolved Mysteries Sketch, Canadian Suspects, and more...
More July Cooper Talk!
Join me as I prattle on about the Cooper hijacking for yet another three hours or so!
June D.B. Cooper Chat!
Things get a little spicy as a Reca supporter shows up in the live chat... Fun times!
Reacting to Pat Brown's Cooper Criminal Profile
This is a YouTube video that I've converted to a podcast due to its length. There are no real visuals, so nothing is lost if you only listen. Cheers!
Holding Seattle Hostage - D.B. Cooper Hijacking Part Three
In the third part of our narrative, things go a bit haywire while on the ground in Seattle. Normally it would only take one fuel truck to fill up a 727, yet it took not one, not two, not three, but four fuel trucks to refuel Flight 305. Coo…
Suspect Talk! Oh, and "Ryan is a liar!"
Bit of a fun episode of the Sleuth show. Tons of suspect talk and also much fun and good natured ribbing toward my BFF researcher known as Flyjack.Â
April 16th - Live Chat
We discuss Dr. James Roman as a suspect, other plausible suspects, and more.Â
D.B. Cooper Books with Nicole Legg and Darren Schaefer
On this episode we discuss various Cooper books and tons of other Cooper related topics!
Retired FBI Agent John Detlor - Only Surviving Original Cooper Case Agent
This is an interview I conducted with retired Special Agent John Detlor. He's the only surviving original NORJAK case agent. He was there the night of the hijacking, searched on the ground with the Army for Cooper, participated in the Sled …
Brainstorming Session: Where Did the Witnesses Sit?
This would be best if watched on YouTube because of the use of graphics, but in this episode Ryan decides to try and figure out where the witnesses and some of the other passengers actually sat in the plane. Bill Mitchell himself stopped by…
Let's Talk Cooper for February 2025
Various discussion topics, but mostly about sketches. I read from my upcoming book as well.Â
Suspect Roulette with Nicky Broughton
Spin the wheel and see which suspect we have to attack or defend!
New D.B. Cooper TV Show - Mike Davis joins the show
The History Channel has a new show out called Hunting History about the D.B. Cooper Case. My friend Mike Davis, former 82nd Airborne Paratrooper of the year, was featured in the show. He joins the show to discuss his experience and we also …
Cooper's Favorite Hostage - D.B. Cooper Hijacking - Part Two
This is Part Two of a multi-part series detailing the actual events of the hijacking aboard Northwest Orient Flight 305 on November 24th, 1971. This part focuses mainly on Tina Mucklow, Cooper's go-between with the outside world.Â
January Ask Me Anything!
In this ask me anything session we discuss suspects a good deal, so if you like suspect talk, we do a lot of that.Â
Larry Carr joins the show
Former NORJAK case agent Larry Carr joins the show to discuss Cooper, his interesting and illustrious law enforcement career, and tales of pole vaulting, plus Ryan continues to rant and rave about what a poor suspect Richard McCoy is.Â
"Miss, I Have a Bomb" - D.B. Cooper Hijacking - Part One
In Part One of a four part series detailing the actual hijacking itself, I focus on the parts played by two of the stewardesses, Florence Schaffner and Alice Hancock.Â
January Q&A
Among other topics discussed are sketches, veracity of eyewitness testimony, West Memphis 3, Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Ralph Himmelsbach, Dan Gryder, alien life, pouty lips, and new Cooper TV show premiering this month.Â
Dan Cooper awakens on November 24th, 1971
With the limited evidence available, such as what he said to people and the known things he was carrying, I try to imagine what the hijacker's morning was like.
Dan Cooper
With what little information we have about the hijacker, I try to envision his morning.Â
More Dan Gryder's bogus parachute discussion and general Q&A
This was an extra long episode! We talk about all topics related to Cooper.Â
D.B. Cooper's Tie: New Particle Discoveries with Tom Kaye
This is Tom Kaye's lecture given on November 15th, 2024 at the 2024 D.B. Cooper Conference in Seattle, Washington. He shares fresh insights into D.B. Cooper's tie and possibly points us in new directions to look for suspects.Â
Dan Gryder's Parachute Isn't the Real McCoy
We have a long discussion tonight about Gryder's parachute and McCoy. Plus many, many other D.B. Cooper topics!
D.B. Cooper Conference Preview with Darren Schaefer
My good friend Darren Schaefer, host of "The Cooper Vortex" podcast joins us to talk about the upcoming DB Cooper Conference in Seattle. Get your tickets at DBCooperEvents.com and come hang out with all of the cool kids!
Q&A with Martin Andrade, author of Finding D.B. Cooper
In this episode we discuss Barb Dayton, will the case ever be solved, the Max Gunther book, did Cooper live or die, was Cooper a military man, did Paul Cini inspire Cooper, and how many coincidences are there in this stupid case? Plus much …
Ask Me Anything Livestream
Could the dynamite sticks have been road flares? Tena Bar money find location pinpointed? McCoy was NOT Cooper. Who was the best copycat? Just how old was Cooper, really? Man other topics as well.Â
Open Discussion with Chris Cunningham
Chris Cunningham and I discuss various topics including how they knew where and when Cooper jumped, the weather, what the pilots could or couldn't see from the air, some cool suspect talk, and more.Â
D.B. Cooper Suspect Roulette with guest Jude Morrow
Join me and Jude Morrow, author or "Dan Cooper" as we spin the wheel and play Suspect Roulette where we cover and discuss the pros and cons of over 20 Cooper suspects. Â
Bruce Smith - The Mayor of Cooperville Returns
Bruce Smith, author of "DB Cooper and the FBI" is back! We discuss Tena Bar theories, Ted Braden, Max Gunther, and even cattle mutilations!
CooperCon under new management
Myself, Chris Cunningham, and John Limbach have formed Vortex Events LLC and are now running CooperCon, which will be rebranded as DBCooperCon.Â
Ask Me Anything - July 2024
We discuss a variety of topics during this Ask Me Anything. Topics include: Who are the worst mainstream Cooper suspects, the Lincoln Assassination, world travel, the American Civil War, The Beatles, copycat hijackers, cigarettes, and tons …
Why is D.B. Cooper Himself So Frustrating?
Member of the Vortex and a self-admitted casual Cooperite Robert Black joins me to discuss the various things that frustrate us about the D.B. Cooper case. Specifically, we discuss why Cooper HIMSELF is so hard to figure out.Â
Truths & Certainties
Chris Cunningham joins the show to do an inverse of our myths show. These are the facts of the case that we are CERTAIN or almost certain are true.Â